Druze, Syria and Sweida
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After a number of strategic aerial attacks on Syrian soil, Israel won't send ground forces to protect Syrian-Druze.
The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday attacked the entrance to the Syrian regime’s military headquarters in the Damascus area in response to reports of atrocities against local Druze residents.
Dozens of wounded and dead arrived at a hospital in Al-Mazraa in Syria's southern Sweida province on Tuesday following clashes between local militias, clans and government forces.
The Syrian presidency vowed to punish those who committed violations against Druze-majority Sweida's residents, as government forces were accused of summary executions and other abuses by right groups,
The ongoing unrest in Sweida has become both a political and security challenge for the Syrian government. What began as local clashes has now escalated into a broader crisis, with Druze armed groups resisting central authority,
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A rebel offensive led by Islamist insurgent groups ousted Syria's longtime despotic leader, Bashar Assad, in December, bringing an end to a nearly 14-year civil war. Since then, the country's new rulers have struggled to consolidate control.
A sudden spike in regional tensions has gripped the Middle East as Israel strikes Syria, a fragile ceasefire collapses in Sweida, and Iran's Khamenei issues a sharp warning to the US and Israel., Middle East,